The Walashma dynasty was a Muslim noble family who ruled Ifat, parts of what is now eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti and western Somalia. The earliest known member of this royal family was Umar ibn Dunya-huz (died 1275), whose son Ali ibn Wali Ashma conquered the Muslim Kingdom of Shewa.
The last member of this dynasty was Sultan Barakat ibn Umar Din, who was driven from his capital of Harar in 1559 by the Ethiopian General Hamalmal.